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Pengalaman Memohon ETA/Visa Australia

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera to all readers! Di sini, saya ingin menceritakan pengalaman memohon ETA/Visa Australia. But before that, I have to remind you guys yang bercita-cita untuk melancong di Australia, sila lupakan dlu trip itu ataupun hanya conduct a girls trip to Australia since why? They blocked hampir semua lelaki Malaysian yang hendak pergi ke Australia?

First of all, rakyat Malaysia banyak jadi pendatang haram di Australia. Kononnya jadi pemetik buah. Oit, kat Malaysia bukan main mengutuk warga asing walaupun depa datang ke Malaysia with proper permit but how about the illegal immigrant from Malaysia at Australia? Manusia beginilah merosakkan hubungan diplomatik antara dua negara. Sungguh mementingkan diri sendiri. Haaa, tepukkkk!

The reason why I want to go to Australia? Simple, because I want to attend a conference! Let me repeat, A CONFERENCE to present my publication paper! And of course, there are a lot of reasons on why I can't go to Australia by myself because of safety reason, at least if ada masalah, boleh refer pada seseorang dan lebih baiknya bawa lelaki untuk jaga kita. Soo I decided to bring my own boyfriend (He is helping me a lot about the publication paper) But dammmmm.

The online system doesn't require you to upload the flight ticket and any other documents so maybe they just use coding to reject all people that tick Male I guess. My ETA lulus but not him.  OMG, why? So I read all the documents and guess what? You have to send an email to etakl@dfat.gov.au for rayuan and you have to include all the documents required.

To lodge an application for an ETA, you will need to provide:
  1. A completed ETA Additional Information Request Form (download the form here); and
  2. A copy of the ETA applicant’s passport biodata page (the page with the passport holder’s details and photo) and passport observation page; and
  3. A copy of the screenshot of the ETA referral screen (if available); and
  4. Additional supporting documents (see below).
  • Email the required information to etakl@dfat.gov.au.
  • Emails should not exceed 5MB (messages that exceed size limits will be rejected by email servers).
  • Please send one email only.
  • Quote your passport number in the subject line of your email.

You should provide the supporting documents such as:
  1. A statement and itinerary regarding your intended stay in Australia.  Please include evidence of any arrangements made (if any).
  2. A list of your immediate family members (including full names and dates of birth), indicating which of these family members will be travelling with you.
  3. Details of other travelling companions or people accompanying you on the trip other than family members.  Please include their full name and date of birth.
  4. Details of all family, friends and contacts in Australia.  Please include their full names and dates of birth. Please indicate if they are Australian citizens or permanent residents.  If not, please indicate visa status and reason for their stay in Australia.
  5. Bank statements showing at least the previous two months’ transactions.  Please include all bank accounts that you and/or your sponsor hold.
  6. Evidence of your employment / commitments. This could be:
    1. A statement from the employer indicating your annual salary and that you have approved leave for your travel to Australia, or
    2. If you and/or your sponsor are self-employed, business registration documents and financial records for the business (such as bank statements), or
    3. Other evidence of incentives to return such as education or other commitments in your home country.
    4. If you are not employed, please provide other evidence of your financial capacity or evidence from the person who supports you (including evidence of your relationship with that person).
Belum tentu lulus lagipun and if you pergi ke VFS Global yang berada di Wisma MCA uh pun. Belum tentu membantu unless you nak mohon terus visa Visitor 600 for AUD 140 kalau nak cuba. Tapi itupun belum guarantee lulus.
p/s : Nasihat saya, jangan beli tiket kapal terbang dulu. Apply visa dulu or else, ticket burn macam kitaorang. Sedih



Travel To Kota Kinabalu

Come on guys, sem break telah tiba dan apa lagi, melanconglah! Masa tu, Fira tempah tiket di Traveloka.com. Make sure korang cuba survey mana web yang tawarkan harga yang berpatutan untuk membeli tiket kapal terbang so Fira already tempah Malindo Air ke Kota Kinabalu International Airport dan kembali semua ke Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airline. Both of airlines best and very fun even though actually Fira takut naik kapal terbang. Masa tu pun Fira sorang je pun boleh pack baju sampai penuh satu bagasi besar. Almaklumlah, bercuti selama 6 hari 5 malam lah katakan, mesti nak bawa banyak baju cantik untuk selfie dan jalan-jalankan? Girls.. *sigh*

Well, masa arrive at Kota Kinabalu International Airport, call lah kereta sewa tapi silap, sebab dia pun actually tak tengok detail yang kitaorang sefamily nak sewa kereta kat Kota Kinabalu not Kuching ( jauh gila sesat ) so calllah agent lain, dan kitaorang sewa kat agent lain. Kitaorang sewa Proton Saga BLM around RM750 for 6 days include safety deposit ( kalau kereta tak rosak ke pe sebab kita, dia akan pulangkan RM100 )

So already nak gerak ke Kota Kinabalu dan kitaorang sewa hotel dekat Sabah Oriental Hotel around RM350 for 2 days. Berbaloi gaklah untuk hotel 4 bintang and i tell you that hotel ni punya breakfast sedap sangat-sangat. I really love food and Sabah ada terlampau banyak makanan seafood yang terlampau sedap sampaikan balik ke Semenanjung, berat badan Fira naik 2kg. Hahaha.

So kita move pulak ke bab Seafood dekat Kota Kinabalu. Well, semua tahukan benda-benda tu semuanya murah dekat sanakan so Fira makan dekat Jesselton Point Waterfront, permandangan kat sana sangat-sangat cantik. Ni gambar yang sempat kitaorang tangkap.

Permandangan Ketika Sunset

So, ni antara seafood sekalian yang kitaorang dapat tengok masa pergi kesini, memang this is my favourite part since I'm a seafood lover.

Tempat menarik di Kota Kinabalu seterusnya ialah Signal Hill Observatory Platform. Kat sini kita dapat tengok all the Kota Kinabalu punya permandangan dari tempat tinggi. Korang patut pergi kat sini masa matahari terbenam, sangat-sangat cantik okay.
Bestkan?
Tak lepas juga peluang untuk berkunjung ke Sabah State Museum. Untuk warganegara Malaysia, kita kena bayar RM 2.00 sorang dan untuk pelancong asing, bayaran dikenakan RM 10.00 sorang. Make sure korang untuk melawat Muzium ini untuk mengembalikan semangat patriotik dan cintakan pada negara! Ceh, melebih pula Fira. Tapi takde pula gambar untuk ni. Hahaha. Selepas itu, kitaorang melawat pula ke Kundasang tapi its better untuk cerita tentang Kundasang for next article.

See you next time guys XD